Fender for open fire-grates



(No Model.)

D. S. WATSON. FENDER FOR OPEN FIRE GRATBS.

No..4Z3,843. Patented Mar. 18 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID S. WATSON, OF ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA.

.FENDER FOR OPEN FlRE-GRATES.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 423,843, dated March 18,1890. Application filed October 24, 1889- Serial No. 328,067. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DAVID S. \VATSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Asheville, in the county of Buncombe and State of NorthCarolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fendersfor Open Fire-Grates; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to fenders for open fire-grates. Heretoforefenders, sometimes called blowers, have been made of sheetiron to fitthe opening of the fire-place above the grate, and have been providedwith a central handle, whereby the blower might be bodily removed assoon as the fire was fairly started. The inner side of the blowernecessarily becomes coated with soot that is likely to be jarred offwhere the blower is set down when not in service, and the sooty side islikely to come in contact with clothing, &c.

To obviate these objections-to the removable blower or fender, theobject of my invention is to provide a fender whose operation ismechanical, which will be a permanent and ornamental fixture around thefireplace, and which will have many advantages over the old blower.

To this end my invention consists in the construction and combination ofparts forming a fender for open fire-grates, hereinafter described andclaimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure I is a front view of a fire-grate, show ing my invention inservice. Fig. II shows a vertical section from front to rear through thewhole fire-place at the line as, Fig. I.

5 represents any common fire-grate; 6, the brick-work of thechimney-jamb at both sides of and above the grate.

7 represents a pair of doors, which I fit to slide between guides 8 and9, and they constitute a prominent feature of my invention.

10 represents two facings from the side jambs, and 11 a similar facingabove the opening ofthe fire-place. The slide-bar 9 passes behind and isfixed firmly to the facings 10 at a height just above the upper Theslide-bar 8 is located above the opening of the fire-place, and is fixedto both the side facings 10 and the upper facing 11. These facings maybe made of any suitable material-such as Russia sheetiron-which is alsosuitable for the doors.

13 represents knobs by which the doors may be slid to and fro. Thefacing may be provided with any required depth of side and top boxing12, easily trimmed by the tinners snip-shears to fit to any old fireframe or jamb, or the device may be readily built in with the house.These doors sliding directly across the grate have the advantage ofbeing adjusted to fit all conditions. Theymay be opened a little midway,or one may be opened and the other left closed, when some open door ofthe house or some direction of the wind would cause the smoke to rushout if the full front were opened. The same adjustments may also'be madeto direct the outflow of heat to one side when so desired. The soot onthe back of these doors can never be seen nor accidentally brushedagainst, and the doors are neatly concealed behind the facings when notin service. It is cheap, ornamental, and highly serviceable.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I believe to be new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is the following:

1. A pair of doors fitted to cover the front of a chimney fireplaceabove the grate and adapted to slide on ways, a pair of slidewayslocated across the fire-place, one above andthe other near the top ofthe grate, and a pair of facings located at the sides of the fire-place,the said slideways being fixed to the said facings and adapted to guidethe doors behind the facings, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, with the side jambs, upper cross portion, and grateof a chimney fire-place, of facings covering the said jambs and crossportion, slideways crossing in front of the fire-place near the top ofthe grate and near the top of the fire-place and secured at their endsto the rear sides of the facings, and doors fitted to slides upon thesaid slideways, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I atfix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID S. WATSON. Witnesses:

CHAS. W. MALONE, J. M ISRAEL.

